Facebook facing questions over teen girl's suicide

According to a report in The Telegraph, Carolina Picchio took her own life by
jumping out of a third floor window after a video was posted on
Facebook "of her appearing drunk and dishevelled in the bathroom at
a party".

The Italian Parents' Association has already filed a criminal
complaint against Facebook in relation to the incident and local
prosecutor Francesco Saluzzo is now looking into the reasons the
posts remained live on the site even following requests for their
removal.

"There is a procedure for asking for the removal of messages
that break rules," said Saluzzo to The Telegraph, referring to the "report" system Facebook uses to allow
its members to flag problem posts.

"This is an open investigation without named suspects, as yet.
Facebook itself is not under investigation. But we could
theoretically investigate employees of Facebook who failed to
respond to these requests."

Facebook had not responded to our request for a statement at the
time of publishing.